Joe McCarthy (catcher)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1881–1937)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe McCarthy

|position=Catcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1881|12|25|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Syracuse, New York

|death_date={{death date and age|1937|1|12|1881|12|25}}

|death_place=Syracuse, New York

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 27

|debutyear={{By|1905}}

|debutteam=New York Highlanders

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 8

|finalyear={{By|1906}}

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.231

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• New York Yankees ({{By|1905}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{By|1906}})

}}

Joseph Nicodemus McCarthy (December 25, 1881 – January 12, 1937) was a Major League Baseball catcher. McCarthy played for the New York Highlanders in {{By|1905}} and the St. Louis Cardinals in {{By|1906}}. In 16 career games, he had 9 hits in 39 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed.

McCarthy was born and died in Syracuse, New York.